Adventure Quote by Yasmine Galenorn

“Through books Cathy and I have lived a zillion lives . . . our vicarious way to feel alive.”

— V.C. Andrews

The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.

— Roald Dahl

As a reader I feel included a lot in Julie Carr’s hard and beautiful book. I can pretty much hear its author speak—a whispering…

— Eileen Myles

Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions…

— Carol Anshaw

“I began to realize, with some little horror, that she was nothing more than a lowbrow, pop-psychology version of Sylvia Plath. It lasted forever,…

— Donna Tartt

“Maryanne Burkhard and I have set up a B W Wrighthard profile on Goodreads. If any of you would like to friend us there,…

— B W Wrighthard

“...to her all books were the same and, as with her subjects, she felt a duty to approach them without prejudice...Lauren Bacall, Winifred Holtby,…

— Alan Bennett

I am grateful to Stacy Schiff first of all because she can write a sentence-because she offers us her scholarship with wit, clarity, and…

— Tracy Kidder

Rachel Cusk's books are like pop-up volumes for grown-ups, the prose springing out of the page to bop you neatly between the eyes with…

— Julie Burchill

“She dreamed of a world where books did not rot or give way to green blot, where words and ideas were not things you…

— Frances Hardinge

“Also, there is a dedicated community of people in the world who will always be able to connect with each other across all languages,…

— Nina George

In rich and captivating prose, Jessica DuLong kindly invites the rest of us on the journey of her lifetime: from a dot-com job to…

— Jon Meacham